Download or read book Robert King Carter written by Katharine L. Brown and published by Foundation for Historic Christ Church. This book was released on 2001 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robert Carter, son of John Carter (ca. 1613-1669) and arah Ludlow, was born in 1663 in Virginia. He married Judith Armistead (1666-1699), daughter of John Armistead and Judith, in 1688. They had five children. He married Betty Landon (1683/4-1719), daughter of Thomas Landon and Mary, in 1701. They had ten children. He died in 1732.
Download or read book A topping People written by Emory G. Evans and published by University of Virginia Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A "Topping People" is the first comprehensive study of the political, economic, and social elite of colonial Virginia. Evans studies twenty-one leading families from their rise to power in the late 1600s to their downfall over one hundred years later. These families represented the upper echelons of power, serving in the upper and lower houses of the General Assembly, often as speaker of the House of Burgesses. Their names--Randolph, Robinson, Byrd, Carter, Corbin, Custis, Nelson, and Page, to note but a few--are still familiar in the Old Dominion some three hundred years later. Their decline was due to a variety of factors--economic, social, and demographic. The third generations showed an inability to adapt their business philosophies to the changing economic climate. Their inclination was to mirror the English landed gentry, living off the income of their landed estates. Economic diversification was the norm early on, but it became less effective after 1730. Scots traders, for example, introduced chain stores, making it more difficult to continue family-run stores. And land speculation was no substitute for diversification. An increase in population resulted in the creation of new counties, which weakened the influence of the Tidewater region. These leading families began to spend more than they earned and became heavily indebted to British mercantile firms. The Revolution only served to make matters worse, and by 1790 these families had lost their political and economic status, although their social status remained. A "Topping People" is a thorough and engrossing study of the way families came to gain and, eventually, lose great power in this turbulent and progressive period in American history.
Download or read book Robert King Carter written by Edmund Berkeley and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The First Emancipator written by Andrew Levy and published by Random House Trade Paperbacks. This book was released on 2007-01-09 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “[Andrew Levy] brings a literary sensibility to the study of history, and has written a richly complex book, one that transcends Carter’s story to consider larger questions of individual morality and national memory.” –The New York Times Book Review In 1791, Robert Carter III, a pillar of Virginia’s Colonial aristocracy, broke with his peers by arranging the freedom of his nearly five hundred slaves. It would be the largest single act of liberation in the history of American slavery before the Emancipation Proclamation. Despite this courageous move–or perhaps because of it–Carter’s name has all but vanished from the annals of American history. In this haunting, brilliantly original work, Andrew Levy explores the confluence of circumstance, conviction, war, and emotion that led to Carter’s extraordinary act. As Levy points out, Carter was not the only humane master, nor the sole partisan of emancipation, in that freedom-loving age. So why did he dare to do what other visionary slave owners only dreamed of? In answering this question, Levy reveals the unspoken passions that divided Carter from others of his class, and the religious conversion that enabled him to see his black slaves in a new light. Drawing on years of painstaking research and written with grace and fire, The First Emancipator is an astonishing, challenging, and ultimately inspiring book. “A vivid narrative of the future emancipator’s evolution.” –The Washington Post Book World “Highly recommended . . . a truly remarkable story about an eccentric American hero and visionary . . . should be standard reading for anyone with an interest in American history.” –Library Journal (starred review) “Absorbing. . . Well researched and thoroughly fascinating, this forgotten history will appeal to readers interested in the complexities of American slavery.” –Booklist (starred review)
Download or read book Robert King Carter Builder of Christ Church written by Christ Church (Lancaster County, Va.). Research Staff and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 53 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Descendants of Capt Thomas Carter of Barford Lancaster County Virginia 1652 1912 written by Joseph Lyon Miller and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Searching for the Franklin Expedition written by Robert Randolph Carter and published by Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Without intruding on Carter's rousing tale of adventure, the editors shrewdly employ their own extensive knowledge of the subject to place the events fully in their historical context and inject critical background information. They also explain contemporary terms and practices and offer unforgettable portraits of the many characters involved. Togetherwith Carter's journals, they solve many lingering mysteries about both the British and the American Expeditions.
Download or read book Landon Carter s Uneasy Kingdom written by Rhys Isaac and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2005-09-29 with total page 489 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this long-awaited work, Isaac mines the diary of a Revolutionary War-era Virginia planter--and many other sources--to reconstruct his interior world as it plunged into turmoil.
Download or read book Robert King Carter of Corotoman written by Carl Franklin Cannon and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Giles Carter of Virginia written by William Harding Carter and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Giles Carter of Virginia: Genealogical Memoir by William Giles Harding Carter by William Harding Carter, first published in 1909, is a rare manuscript, the original residing in one of the great libraries of the world. This book is a reproduction of that original, which has been scanned and cleaned by state-of-the-art publishing tools for better readability and enhanced appreciation. Restoration Editors' mission is to bring long out of print manuscripts back to life. Some smudges, annotations or unclear text may still exist, due to permanent damage to the original work. We believe the literary significance of the text justifies offering this reproduction, allowing a new generation to appreciate it.
Download or read book Reconsidering Roots written by Erica Ball and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These essays--from scholars in history, sociology, film, and media studies--interrogate Roots, assessing the ways that the book and its dramatization recast representations of slavery, labor, and the black family; reflected on the promise of freedom and civil rights; and engaged discourses of race, gender, violence, and power.
Download or read book Robert Carter of Nomini Hall written by Louis Morton and published by . This book was released on 1945 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book An Evil Mind written by Chris Carter and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-12 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A freak accident in rural Wyoming leads the Sheriff's Department to arrest a man for a possible double homicide, but further investigations suggest a much more horrifying discovery -- a serial killer who has been kidnapping, torturing and mutilating victims all over the United States for at least twenty-five years. The suspect claims he is a pawn in a huge labyrinth of lies and deception -- can he be believed?"--
Download or read book Blooding at Great Meadows written by Alan Axelrod and published by Running Press. This book was released on 2008-06-03 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We all know George Washington as the Father of the American Nation; few know him as a 22-year-old Virginia lieutenant colonel who led three-hundred of his soldiers to fight a far-more-experienced French army-and paid a high price. Historian Alan Axelrod brings this little-known story to life in his riveting account of the key battle that launched the French and Indian War-and Washington's role in the loss of that pivotal fight. Published in hardcover in 2007, Blooding at Great Meadows is sure to find a new audience in paperback.
Download or read book The Giants Dance written by Robert Carter and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2011-07-14 with total page 619 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A rich and evocative tale set in a mythic 15th century Britain, to rival the work of Bernard Cornwell.
Download or read book White House Diary written by Jimmy Carter and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2010-09-20 with total page 589 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The edited, annotated New York Times bestselling diary of President Jimmy Carter--filled with insights into his presidency, his relationships with friends and foes, and his lasting impact on issues that still preoccupy America and the world. Each day during his presidency, Jimmy Carter made several entries in a private diary, recording his thoughts, impressions, delights, and frustrations. He offered unvarnished assessments of cabinet members, congressmen, and foreign leaders; he narrated the progress of secret negotiations such as those that led to the Camp David Accords. When his four-year term came to an end in early 1981, the diary amounted to more than five thousand pages. But this extraordinary document has never been made public--until now. By carefully selecting the most illuminating and relevant entries, Carter has provided us with an astonishingly intimate view of his presidency. Day by day, we see his forceful advocacy for nuclear containment, sustainable energy, human rights, and peace in the Middle East. We witness his interactions with such complex personalities as Ted Kennedy, Henry Kissinger, Joe Biden, Anwar Sadat, and Menachem Begin. We get the inside story of his so-called "malaise speech," his bruising battle for the 1980 Democratic nomination, and the Iranian hostage crisis. Remarkably, we also get Carter's retrospective comments on these topics and more: thirty years after the fact, he has annotated the diary with his candid reflections on the people and events that shaped his presidency, and on the many lessons learned. Carter is now widely seen as one of the truly wise men of our time. Offering an unprecedented look at both the man and his tenure, White House Diary is a fascinating book that stands as a unique contribution to the history of the American presidency.
Download or read book Paint Me a Ship written by Robert Carter and published by Rosenberg Publishing. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A unique full colour luxurious publications for maritime artists and those with an interest in art generally Part 1 shows how to approach marine painting and explains how to create the sea, sky and weather conditions that dictate what the sailing ship is doing and how it is behaving. Rpbert Carter uses his own magnificent paintings and wonderful paintings by many other marine artists to illustrate the techniques and he includes a gallery of 30 of his own paintings. Part 2 tells of the founding of the Australian Society of Marine Artists and celebrates some seventy oil and watercolour works from members of ASMA with descriptive commentaries and includes examples of sculptures, models, and scrimshaw.
